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6 unusual facts about Ismay


Bad Land: An American Romance

The utter disappointment and futility of such efforts are summed up in the failed Ismay/Joe, Montana Day, in which the town adopts the figure of the American football player, Joe Montana, in an attempt to boost its revenues.

Ismay

Thomas Henry Ismay, father of Bruce Ismay and founder of White Star Line.

Hastings Lionel Ismay, 1st Baron Ismay, the British soldier and Chief of Staff during World War II

J. Bruce Ismay, managing director of the White Star Line and survivor of the Titanic disaster

Ismay, Montana

According to Raban, Ismay's story is emblematic of the settlement and desettlement of the northern Great Plains.

The town's history and contemporary state (circa 1995) is discussed at length in travel writer Jonathan Raban's book, Bad Land: An American Romance.


Basil Sanderson, 1st Baron Sanderson of Ayot

In 1927 Sanderson married Evelyn Constance Ismay (1897–1940), daughter of shipbuilder J. Bruce Ismay who was the managing director of the White Star Line.

Lord Ninian Crichton-Stuart

Ismay Catherine Crichton-Stuart (23 December 1909 - 1989); she married, firstly, John Anthony Hardinge Giffard, 3rd Earl of Halsbury on 1 October 1930, but they divorced in 1936, having produced one son together.

Sir James Butler

Alice Butler (or Ellice) the first wife of Sir George Fleming of Stephenstown, second son of James Fleming, 7th Baron Slane: she was mother of James, who by his wife Ismay, daughter of the Lord Chief Justice of Ireland, Sir Bartholomew Dillon of Riverstown, was the father of Thomas Fleming, 10th Baron Slane.

Telford Tigers

Telford Tigers IH Club Ltd. was formed for season 1985–86 by Central TV commentator Gary Newbon with entertainer David Ismay as chairman and Canadian defenceman Chuck Taylor as player coach.

The Wives of Bath

She looks for her in her room, and discovers Ismay's musical scores in there, along with pages ripped from her father's Gray's Anatomy; the pages depict the male penis, and have been annotated by Paulie.

William Imrie

At a dinner in Broughton Hall, West Derby, Ismay and Imrie decided they would form a partnership.


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